Image: Ralf RoletschekWhenever I travel by air, I'm always relieved after having been cleared by the TSA. Being able to walk to my gate knowing that the often annoying "exam" is over allows me to relax and get on with th...

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUxvoieB0fA](Video Link)There is nothing fun about waiting for your plane at an airport. It’s boring and stressful. But if you’re lucky, then Maan Hamadeh is waiting for the s...

(Photo: Catherine Morgan)Barra is a 23-square mile island off the western coast of Scotland. It has an airport with three marked runways. It conducts regularly scheduled flights. What makes those flights unique is that t...

A Voronoi diagram is a way of plotting distances.... ...points. The interactive Voronoi Diagram of World Airports by Jason Davies shows you the regions in which an... ...from an airport is in Antarctica. Yes, there are airports in Antarctica, but none that are classified as me...

(Photo: JackToGo)The idea behind JakToGo is that airline passengers can avoid extra baggage fees by wearing their luggage. It goes far beyond stuffing pockets with gear. The JackToGo isn't stylish, but it is functional.T...

I love the blog RocketNews24. It's filled with delightful photos and trivia from Japan. Recently, it rounded up pictures of baggage carousel ads. These are sculptures that baggage handlers put out between airplane passen...

If you're taking a plane or train, you'd better time your travel precisely. The airport at Gisborne, New Zealand has train tracks crossing the runway. Carolyn in Aotearoa, who took the above photo, describes her ride on...

A woman at an airport in China tried to get through security with a bottle of a liquid. Officials told her that she'd have to drink it immediately or throw it away. She drank it, but wouldn't swallow:The airport said the...

FlightCar's business model would allow people who leave their cars at airport parking lots to rent them out for a few days:Owners can post details of the airport they will be departing from, how long their car will be av...